L & L Hawaiian Barbecue is debuting a second Reno location at 4978 S. Virginia St., next door to Big 5 Sporting Goods in the Coliseum Meadows center in South Reno. The restaurant will serve plate lunch, saimin, loco moco and other ono kaukau — "good eats" in Hawaiian pidgin — for which L & L has become known.

Basin Street Properties, a Northern Nevada real estate investor and developer, signed the lease for 1,500 square feet to house the new restaurant, scheduled to debut this fall.

"Our Northwest Reno and Sparks locations have been really well received," said Ron Chadwick Jr., owner of the local L & L restaurants. "Northern Nevadands love the traditional Hawaiian cuisine, and we're excited to provide another location to serve them.

Saimin, a noodle dish that blends the cooking of many of the peoples of Hawaii, is a menu staple at L & L Hawaiian Barbecue.(Photo: Liz Margerum/RGJ File)

The new L & L lies just across South Virginia Street from a former L & L in Redfield Promenade, a space that now houses We Olive & Wine Bar. L & L began in 1976 as a small Honolulu drive-in; today, there are restaurants in 11 states, Guam and Japan.

Signature melting pot dishes like plate lunch (two scoops rice, one scoop macaroni salad, protein of choice) and saimin (noodle soup with dashi broth) date to the 19th century, when folks came from all over the world to work in Hawaii's sugarcane and pineapple fields.

Hours at the new L & L will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

Johnathan L. Wright is the food and drink editor of RGJ Media (and a native Hawaiian). Join @RGJTaste on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You also can subscribe here to The Reno Taste free newsletter.